diff --git a/packages/schema/src/cli/actions/repl.ts b/packages/schema/src/cli/actions/repl.ts
index 6ca3c3503..df15e30fb 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/cli/actions/repl.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/cli/actions/repl.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
 import colors from 'colors';
 import path from 'path';
-import prettyRepl from 'pretty-repl';
 import { inspect } from 'util';
 
 // inspired by: https://github.com/Kinjalrk2k/prisma-console
@@ -11,6 +10,13 @@ import { inspect } from 'util';
  * CLI action for starting a REPL session
  */
 export async function repl(projectPath: string, options: { prismaClient?: string; debug?: boolean; table?: boolean }) {
+    if (!process?.stdout?.isTTY && process?.versions?.bun) {
+        console.error('REPL on Bun is only available in a TTY terminal at this time. Please use npm/npx to run the command in this context instead of bun/bunx.');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const prettyRepl = await import('pretty-repl')
+
     console.log('Welcome to ZenStack REPL. See help with the ".help" command.');
     console.log('Global variables:');
     console.log(`    ${colors.blue('db')} to access enhanced PrismaClient`);
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/plugins/prisma/schema-generator.ts b/packages/schema/src/plugins/prisma/schema-generator.ts
index 2aa426b57..881983caa 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/plugins/prisma/schema-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/plugins/prisma/schema-generator.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import stripColor from 'strip-color';
 import { name } from '.';
 import { getStringLiteral } from '../../language-server/validator/utils';
 import telemetry from '../../telemetry';
-import { execSync } from '../../utils/exec-utils';
+import { execPackage } from '../../utils/exec-utils';
 import { findPackageJson } from '../../utils/pkg-utils';
 import {
     ModelFieldType,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export default class PrismaSchemaGenerator {
         if (options.format === true) {
             try {
                 // run 'prisma format'
-                await execSync(`npx prisma format --schema ${outFile}`);
+                await execPackage(`prisma format --schema ${outFile}`);
             } catch {
                 warnings.push(`Failed to format Prisma schema file`);
             }
@@ -136,18 +136,18 @@ export default class PrismaSchemaGenerator {
         const generateClient = options.generateClient !== false;
 
         if (generateClient) {
-            let generateCmd = `npx prisma generate --schema "${outFile}"`;
+            let generateCmd = `prisma generate --schema "${outFile}"`;
             if (typeof options.generateArgs === 'string') {
                 generateCmd += ` ${options.generateArgs}`;
             }
             try {
                 // run 'prisma generate'
-                await execSync(generateCmd, 'ignore');
+                await execPackage(generateCmd, 'ignore');
             } catch {
                 await this.trackPrismaSchemaError(outFile);
                 try {
                     // run 'prisma generate' again with output to the console
-                    await execSync(generateCmd);
+                    await execPackage(generateCmd);
                 } catch {
                     // noop
                 }
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/utils/exec-utils.ts b/packages/schema/src/utils/exec-utils.ts
index f355ae2b4..8f0508dbb 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/utils/exec-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/utils/exec-utils.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,12 @@ export function execSync(cmd: string, stdio: StdioOptions = 'inherit', env?: Rec
     const mergedEnv = { ...process.env, ...env };
     _exec(cmd, { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio, env: mergedEnv });
 }
+
+/**
+ * Utility for running package commands through npx/bunx
+ */
+export function execPackage(cmd: string, stdio: StdioOptions = 'inherit', env?: Record<string, string>): void {
+    const packageManager = process?.versions?.bun ? 'bunx' : 'npx';
+    const mergedEnv = { ...process.env, ...env };
+    _exec(`${packageManager} ${cmd}`, { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio, env: mergedEnv });
+}
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